Dump-car.



y,H mms DUMP GAR. n

' Patent/ed Mar. 36, 1909.

APrLIoATIoN FILED AUG. s, 190e z SHBBTs-SHEBT 1.

dll, or mekyps H. PRIBS. y

DUMP. GAR. I

l APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 3, 1908.

` Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

2 SHEETS--BHEET 2.

G GOOOO'CDQ@ each being hinged, as shown at -15, adjacent ing an openable bottom', and its object is to detail end view of the car; Fig-. 4 is a trans- 'ends at"1 1.,'and its ccntcr sills at 12, 13.

the sills 12, 13.

UNITED STATES Pairtrnr cesionr i irri-interv PRI-E?, orirIGHIGAN GITY,'1NDIANA.

i DUMP-GA3. l specicatibiibinetters Petn@ y satlites iiiarchlso, i909. application inea Augusta, i908; s qr1nN-44 e ,611. A f 1 l' To all 'whom it may concern? Be it known that I, HERMAN Plans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Michigan City, in the countT of import-e and State of Indiana, have invented ,certain newand l i useful Improvements ,in ,Dump-Cars, of 5 kwhich the following isa specification., and which are illustrated' in thev accompanying l drawings, forming apart thereon.

The invention relates to'a 'dump car I l i.

23. The crank' arm isltherefore, when the ward! and -whenthe shaft v16 is turned to- In order'to supplement thelocking mechanhav- I essed, asshownat25, to rece provide sim le. strong and easily controller v .23 when the door is closed..`:-

mechanism 01" operating the dumping doors`. Itl consists of the structure hereinafter de-V; scribed, andvillustrated in theaccompanyin'g f drawings'in which-A Figurel is a detail side elevation .of n'. -car Fig. 2 is 'a detailvie'w of the bottom of th carin perspective, showing one of thefdoor' and its controlling mechanism; Fig-Sis, aj

' the ll ve r2f6 wiIl-diseng'age thefcrai farm 17 hjomthereces'sed 'portion'Zfof the'fca-m 18, h ereb)tipermitt` door 't drop,.and as verse .vertical section of the car; Fig'. 5 is .detail bottolniplan view` of the car: and Fig ,l

G is detail inperspectiveoi" onev of th n10-the `dumping-doors and its vcontrolling@mecha-n falls forcing tia nk .upwardly ism, showing a medihed yform of construction 'rank-:farm affords One 'side' 'of a lwjdoo'r,descends)A 1 'Asfshown in Fic'. 6,"""t he squared shaft and. the 'crank arms"appliedl theretd'may .give

car is shown at 10, one oc it- Dumping doors 14',y many as may be desired, are formed in the `bot-tornei the car, l

' 1n hearings 29 securdtothecarsill land one ofthe center sills, itsouter or swinging end being adjacent the side of 'the can; These doors swing' downwardly, and aresupporte-d and controlled by 'means of ashaft 16 the anti-friction roller 23. t L, ,l suitably journaled adjacent the 4bottom of 'f VHaving' thusdeseribed y invention, I a center sill, and carry crank arms 1T which` claim: y Y 5 .eo'perate with cams 1S formed on brackets 19 attached to the lower face of the door;

1. In a dump-car, -in combination, a downwardly-opening hinged door,a 'cam bracketand, as shown, constituting one. element oft the hinlfe by which the door is attached to l, na

the car tbottom. s cam'icd'hy the shaft and bearing against thix In th'e preferred form of construction,the caniface of the bracket; 1the `door and crankshaft 16 is square, and each ot the crank? arms17 is formed lwith a hub 2Q fitting upon-' the shaft and prolonged to form .journals having. bearings in boxes V21, 22 attached to Each of the crank arms 17 is bifurcated to accommodate a roller 23 runnin on a pin 24 fitting within suitable sockets in the. outer end of the crank arm. The g roller'23 '.'bears against the cam '18.A This l cam inclines .downwardly and forwardly from the hinge 15,an'd the .parts are so proportioned that whenthe door 14 is closed, l

for lengaging thecam 18. .Whewthsfform 2. In a dump-car, iii-combination,adownextending obliquc'ly forward from the. hinge, arock-shaft. below the hinge and more re' mote therefrom than the length of the cam, a crank-arm carried by the' shaft and engaging lthe cam.` i

in a dump-cart, yin combination. a drop The shaftl is controlled by any 'suitable means, as sliowmbya hand lever 26 applied g Vto its outer end, 'andy movingovertheend 1114 o'f the car.4 vThisli'aini yleve; may hescuiied.. 1 when lthe d'r is closedfgbyany suitube. f` i r to permit the'fdoors Ato open',`"tl 1e-latveh '27 is. rcle'asedgand a slghtgnpwardginove n 'nt of` looped,V as shown' at 30, yto'fornr crank armsof construction is folloxved,f"l pr' efer to'ornit de'icnding from the door, a rock-shaft jour-A led below the door' hmges,' a .crank-amr f arm moving in,ppositodirections" wardly-oilening;A hinged' door, a [bracket de pending from the door and having a ea m face `door is; closed,I .inclined upwardlyvand out`` raise this crank yarin, the door'is 'permitted 'n to drop, the cam '18 lriding on the roller 23.'

ism hereinafter described, the outer portion of the face of the cani 1S maybe slig itly reive the roller.l

1 place toa'roun'ci shaft-`28jjournaleddirectly 1ro door,` a hinge bracketpcnd'ent from the door and' having-a cam face, and a rook-shaft-.

1o adjacent to its parallel with the door opening' and having a l door, Aafbrecket crank-arm bearing obtusely against the cam face of the door hinge bracket when the door is closed.- l

4. In a. dump car in combination, a drop l the door', a bracket pendent from the .door and f1 crank-erm bearing against the cam-face of having a cam-face, and a rock-shaft having the bracket; l Y acrank-arm bearing against the cam-'face of HERMAN PRIES. the bracket, the cam-face being indented Witnesses: A

outer end. I H. V. OG'DEN; 5 In Ia dump car nj eombnation,a drop CLYDE CARLSON;

pendent from the door and having 1a, cam-face, a rock-shaft, a crankarm fixed upon the shaftfand having laterallyrojectng hubs, and. boxes Withinwhich ubs'are Journaled, the outer end of the 

